Vocab 1St Quarter

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Abate

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To lessen in intensity;
Reduce

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Aberration

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Straying from the right or normal;
Deviation

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Abet

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To assist or encourage, especially in the performance of a bad deed;
Instigate

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Abeyance

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Condition of suspended activity or development;
Suspension

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Ablutions

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Cleansing the body as part of a religious rite;
Cleansing

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Abstemious

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Moderate, especially in consumption of food and adult beverages;
Measured

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand because the subject is too complicated;
Obscure

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Accede

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To assent or agree to;
Give way

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Acquiescence

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Accepting or consenting to something without protest;
Acceptence

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Acrimonious

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Harsh or bitter in speech or temper;
Caustic

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Acumen

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Acuteness of mental penetration;
Insight

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Adament

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Incapable of being broken;
Inflexible

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to a sense of beauty;
Sensitive

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Aggravate

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To make worse/more severe;
intensify

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Aggregation

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A whole formed by combining several disparate elements;
Combination

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Agnostic

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A whole formed by combining several disparate elements;
Skeptic

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Alacrity

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Eagerness, briskness;
Liveliness

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Allegory

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A story in which the characters, actions and settings are symbols of ideas;
Symbol

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Alleviate

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To lighten or lessen physical or mental pain or discomfort;
Assuage

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Altercation

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An angry, noisy dispute;
Quarrel

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Altruistic

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Acting solely out of the consideration for others' welfare

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Ameliorate

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Make something (especially something bad/unsatisfactory) better

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Amity

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Friendly relationship

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Anachronism

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Misplacing of an event/object in a period to which it cannot possibly belong

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Analogy

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A relationship between two things that consists in the resomblance no of the things themselves but of their characteristics

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Anathema

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A ban or curse; an object of intense dislike

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Anomalous

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Deviating from the standard, normal or expected

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Apostate

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One who deserts his party/faith

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Arbitrary

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Arrived at by the exercise of the will of the individual, not reason

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Ascetic

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One who devotes his/herself to a solitary, rigorously disciplined life

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Askance

Back 31

Sideways; from the corner of the eye, with distrust or scorn

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Askew

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Out of position, turned to one side

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Asperity

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Severity of manner, temper, language

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Assuage

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To relieve or lessen, as grief or pain; to pacify or calm, as passion

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Assiduous

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Constant in application or attention

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Atavism

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Reappearance of a primitive instinct, a remote family trait or a disease that had remained latent for one or more generations

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Auspicious

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Of favorable omen or prospect

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Austere

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1. Rigidly severe in character of judgment

2. Severely simple

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Avarice

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Excessive desire for wealth, greed

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Averse

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Unwilling, disinclined

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Banal

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Commonplace; trite

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Bastion

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An institution or person strongly maintaining particular principals, attitudes or activities

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Bellicose

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Incilined to quarrel or fight; warlike

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Benign

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Of gracious, gentle diposition; kindly

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Blasphemy

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Profane or sacrilegious talk about God or sacred things

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Bucolic

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Of or pertaining to country life

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Bumptious

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Conceited, self-assertive

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Cadaverous

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Having the qualities of a corspe; pale or haggard

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Cajole

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To persuade or influence by flattery pr deceit

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Callous

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Having a hardened, thinkened layer of skin; hardened in feeling; unfeeling

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Calumny

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A false accusation maliciously made to injure another's reputation

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Cantankerous

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Ill-natured; quarrelsome; grouchy

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Caper

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To skip or dance about in a lively or playful way

An illicit or ridiculous activity

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Capitulate

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To cease to resist or to surrender

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Capricious

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Inclined to change the mind, purpose, or action

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Captious

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Quick to take offense or find fault

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Caustic

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Inclined to eat away by chemical action; biting, burning, severe, sharp

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Caveat

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A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions or limitations

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Charlatan

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A fraudulent pretender to skill or knowledge

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Chimerical

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Merely imaginary, fantastic, marked by foolish fancy

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Circumspect

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Guarded in conduct; prudent

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Circumvent

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To gain advantage by the use of stratagem or deception; to go around

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Clandestine

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Concealed for an evil purpose; secret

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Clement

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Inclined to be forgiving or merciful; lenient

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Coerce

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To compel a person to do something against his will, applying physcal for

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Cogent

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Having the force to compel, usually by appealing to reason

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Cognizant

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Having knowledge of; aware

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Collusion

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Secret or illegal cooperation in order to cheat or deceive others

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Comely

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Pleasing to the sight

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Compatible

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Harmonious; able to get along together

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Complacent

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Self-satisfied

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Concur

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To agree

To happen or exist at the same time

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Condolence

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Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow, pain or misfortune

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Condone

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To forgive an offense or overlook it by treating the offender as tough he had done nothing wrong

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Conducive

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Leading or contributing to a desirable result

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Confederate

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joined by an agreement or treaty

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Conflagration

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An extensive and destructive fire

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Conjecture

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Opinion or inference drawn from inadequate evidence; guess, theory

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Connive

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To cooperate with or encourage secretly

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Connoisseur

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A person qualified to act as a judge of culture or matters of taste

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Consanguinity

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Being descended from the same ancestor

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Consternation

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Anxiety or dismay

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Construe

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To interpret or explain the meaning or intention of words or actions

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Consummate

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Carried to the highest degree; perfect

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Contiguous

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Sharing a common border, next or together in sequence

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Contrite

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Penitent; humble with sorrow for sin

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Contumely

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Arrogant treatment; scornful; rudeness in speech or action

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Convivial

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Of or pertaining to a feast; gay, jovial

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Corroborate

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To make more certain or establish the truth of a report

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Corollary

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A direct consequence or result

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Coterie

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A group of people who meet for social political or some other common interest

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Countenance

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To admit as acceptable or possible

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Credence

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Belief or trust, usually based on little evidence

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Cronies

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Close friends or companions

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Culmination

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Attainment by anything of its highest point

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Cumbrous

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Unmanageably bulky or heavy; hence, burdensome

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Cupidity

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Eager desire for wealth

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Cursory

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Superficial; hasty

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Decorum

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Observance of what is seemly or proper, especially in conduct